Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team. For those of you who are new to this blog, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch Challenge! We are so happy to have you join us and for those loyal followers of SSW, we welcome you back and thank you for your ongoing support!

Wow there are so many talented crafters that bless us with your online friendship and support. We are so very thankful for that and you all are an inspiration to us.

Your ongoing support is amazing which I can see with the increase of our followers 598 nearly 600.

As most of you know we had a week away at the beginning of the month with our boys to the mountain skiing. Here are a few photo's

Mt Ruapehu from the road, I've seen the brown tussock by the road side someseasons on a heavy snowfall down to theroadside and boys making snowballs andsnowmen.

Mt Tongariro which my husband and son crossed in early March which had nosnow then.

Turoa Ski Field on the South Side of the upper mountain.

Turoa in early July they still needs more snow.

Let's get started with announcing this weeks winners of last week's challenge ........drum roll please........

Please contact Arlana atsweetberrydesigns@hotmail .com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner's badge from the sidebar and and display it proudly on your blog.

OurTOP THREE are:1. MYNNETTE #6

2. CAROL DEE #13

3. SANDRA #26

Awesome job! Please grab your Top 3 Badge from the sidebar and post it proudly on your blog.

Now for a treat here is the new sketch for this weekSketch #164 you'll love this one ladies......

This week our sponsor is Digi Doodle Shop Here is a little Bio of this wonderfully amazing talented, creative mother and daughter team.

Digi Doodle Shop

Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and

crafts. It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps,and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps. Joy (the mother of

this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair. Having these two complimenting styles have enabled

Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations. We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.

Sincerely,

Judy and Joy

Digi Doodle Shop are offering our very lucky winner this week

$10.00 Store Gift Certificate

Good for 10 days upon receipt.

Don't forget to drop by Dig Doodle Shop if you haven't already done so and check out their amazing images.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The monsoons have finally come and I couldn't be more excited. We have been without rain for sooo long. But, finally it is raining. We are so grateful for this blessing. I know that in other parts of the world you have been getting all kinds of rain and bad weather. Not all of it good. We haven't had anything in months. Here are a few pictures to show you the creek that runs in back of my house. We are sooo excited to see it full.

Pretty cool!!!

Before getting into
our newest challenge, I wanted to present last weeks winner.

All
images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann
Hancock. My work means the world to me -
it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too - often
the inspiration for my designs. Hope you enjoy as much as I enjoy
creating.

Now it is time for you,
our followers, to show us what you can create using this week's sketch and we
all look forward to seeing what you
create!

Be sure and read the
following rules

so that you are sure to
be eligible

for this week's
prize!

1. Create a card using the sketch of the
week. If you have Digi Stamp Boutique images, we'd love to see
what you can do with them. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to
create your card.

2.
If you are posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch Wednesday #
163 as your label or tag.

3. Add the sketch of the week to your
blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4.
Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW.

5.
Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.

6. Be sure to leave a comment
here on this site and please remember that this is one of the
rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

And feelin' fine!! Hehe, actually I'm just trying to get back into the routine again. Now I had pictures from my wonderful vacation at the beaches in the Outerbanks of North Carolina, but when deleting one blurry one, it ended up deleting ALL my vacation pics!!! I'm so upset! But, I have two beautiful pictures to share with you of our dear Arlana, creator of our sketches, and her hubby with their darling little granddaughter, Adelyn.

Bet you said "Awwwww," just like I did!!! Congratulation Grandma and Grandpa!!

Before getting into our newest challenge, I wanted to present our winner. Let's give it up for...

Congratulations!!! Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize, and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three... 1. PIA #8

2. SHELL #16

3. KRISTIE #18Congratulations to you as well!!! Be sure to pick up your badges from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

And here's our sketch, a blast from the past! We hope you have as much fun using it as we did. But before I show off what all the talented DT did, let me tell you about our sponsor.

Pattie Gomez Bio

I am an Internet Technology Professional and an Artist. I always dreamed of being an artist, but I found out quickly that I needed another field to support my family so I pursued a Degree in Information Technology. I love to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks to enhance my work.

I created a character called Pattieboop and her cat named Allie. I have had so much fun coming up with different images so I also created a site to sell them. You can go to my store to find out more about Pattieboop & Allie. I know you will just love them when you see them.

Pattieboop is an 11 year old girl who is very opinionated. She was created by me, Pattie Gomez on September 7, 2009. Pattieboop is an average 11 year old and she loves dressing up. She is very petite in nature but stands tall because her mother always told her that “If you stand tall you will one day become someone important”. Pattieboop always remembers her mother’s words and makes sure she is noticed. Pattieboop has a favorite pet named Allie. Allie is a slender black cat and loves playing and spending time with Pattieboop. Allie spends most of her days napping and her nights are spent getting in to mischief...

Now it is time for you, our followers, to show us what you can create using this week's sketch and we all look forward to seeing what you create!

Be sure and read the following rules

so that you are sure to be eligible

for this week's prize!

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have Pattie's Creation images, we'd love to see what you can do with them. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to create your card.

2. If you are posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch Wednesday # 162-34 as your label or tag.

3. Add the sketch of the week to your blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.

6. Be sure to leave a comment here on this site and please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Note: The challenge closes on Tuesday evening, 7:00 pm MST.

Thanks for stopping by Sweet Sketch Wednesday and also visiting our DT's blogs. We always love to hear what you have to say about our creations too! Have a wonderful week and be sure to show us what you create with the sketch!

Please contact Arlana at sweetberrydesigns@hotmail.com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three are:

1. Mervi #27

2. Kerttu #7

3. Heather #22

Congratulations to you and be sure to pick up your badges from our sidebar and display it proudly on your blog!!

Now for this week's sponsor we are happy to announce thatStamp Fairy is joining us this week.We love Stamp Fairy images!

"Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010. Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday and Guest Designers each month. Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images. We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity."

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

We are so happy to have two of the Stamp Fairy DT join us this week! It is always such a delight to see their creations. Celine was one of our earliest followers and Jackie is a former SSW DT member!

A Sweet Thanks to my Design Team and to my Sisters who help me run this blog! I couldn't do it with out them.

Now it is time for you, our followers, to show us what you can create using this week's sketch and we all look forward to seeing what you create!

Be sure and read the following rules

so that you are sure to be eligible

for this week's prize!

1. Create a card using the sketch of the week. If you have Bugaboo images, we'd love to see what you can do with them. However, you may use any stamp or element you have to create your card.

2. If you are posting to an online gallery, please use Sweet Sketch Wednesday # 160 as your label or tag.

3. Add the sketch of the week to your blog and include a link back to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

4. Post your card on your blog along with the link to SSW.

5. Sign in to Inlinkz and add a direct link back to your card on your site.

6. Be sure to leave a comment here on this site and please remember that this is one of the rules to be considered for the Grand Prize.

Thanks for stopping by Sweet Sketch Wednesday and also visiting our DT's blogs. We always love to hear what you have to say about our creations too! Have a wonderful week and be sure to show us what you create with my sketch!